Trade uncertainty could worsen global economic challenges, IMF warns

Disruptions to global supply chains caused by the uncertainty surrounding tariff hikes and trade tensions could worsen an already complex economic landscape, according to Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

His remarks followed the IMF’s latest downgrade of its global economic growth projections, unveiled in the World Economic Outlook report released on Tuesday.

The IMF now forecasts…